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Published: Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 5:10 p.m.

The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library are holding activities through the end of the year.

The first activity is a spelling bee scheduled for Saturday at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma.

Level one is for first- and second-graders and is set to begin at 9:30 am. Level two is for third- and fourth-graders and begins at 11 a.m. Level three, for fifth- and sixth-graders, will begin at 1 p.m. Level four is an open competition beginning at 2 p.m.

Medallions will be given to first-, second- and third-place winners.

The semi-annual trivia contest is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Main Library. Individual and team competitions will be held. The trivia questions are geared to teens and adults.

Medallions will be given to first-, second- and third-place winners of individual and team competitions.

An inventory-reduction book sale is scheduled for Oct. 27-28 at the Main Library. The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library have an overabundance of books and need to make room in the storage area. The sale is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 and from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 28. Books cost $3 a bag, so you pay $3 for a brown paper bag and fill the bag up to the top with items.

To end the year, the Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library will hold a choice book sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 1, and from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Main Library. The books on sale are in very good condition.

Teen Read Week

The Library System will celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 14-20. The week will include special events and programs aimed at encouraging teens to read. This year’s theme is “It Came from the Library,” which dares teens to read for the fun of it.

Organizers say Teen Read Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun and encourage teens to take advantage of reading in all its forms — books and magazines, e-books, audiobooks and more — and become regular library users.

“For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” a nationally touring exhibit from NEH on the Road is on display at the Main Library. Through a compelling assortment of photographs, television clips, art posters and historic artifacts, the exhibit traces how images and media disseminated to the American public transformed the modern Civil Rights movement and jolted Americans, both black and white, out of a state of denial or complacency.

The display explores dozens of compelling and persuasive visual images, including photographs from influential magazines such as LIFE, JET and EBONY; CBS news footage; and TV clips from “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Also included are civil rights-era objects that exemplify the range of negative and positive imagery — from Aunt Jemima syrup dispensers and 1930s produce advertisements to Jackie Robinson baseball ephemera and 1960s children’s toys with African-American portraiture. “For All the World to See” is not a history of the Civil Rights movement, but rather an exploration of the vast number of potent images that influenced how Americans perceived race and the struggle for equality.

The exhibit can be viewed during the Main Library’s regular hours: from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and from 2 to 6 p.m. Sundays.

For information about this exhibit, call 876-5861 option 4.

Reading Help

The Library System’s website, www.mytpl.org, has three databases that can help your child improve his or her reading skills. Tumble Books, Tumble Talking Books and Tumble Readers are located under online catalogs on the Library System’s web page. These three databases are collections of books from early readers to high school classics. Your child can read the books silently or have books read aloud. Many of the books are accelerated readers. These databases will help improve vocabulary, reading comprehension and reading speed.

Computer Classes

Computer classes for October at the Main Library include email and CD burning basics from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday; from the beginning from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday; introduction to photography from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18; from the beginning from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25; and Microsoft Word from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 30.

A class on email and CD burning basics is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, and a class on Microsoft Word 2012 is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the North Terrebonne Branch Library, 4130 W. Park Ave., Gray.

All classes are held in the computer labs with hands-on instruction. The classes are free and registration is not required. For information, call Bob Cornes at 876-5861, ext. 218.

Summer Reading

Organizers of the Terrebonne Parish Library System’s summer reading program said it was a hit. In June and July, the Library System provided 201 activities for children with more than 6,060 in attendance. The activities included story times, arts and craft programs, and performances by professional entertainers.

Teens had 91 programs available with more than 510 teens in attendance.

Adults were not forgotten, with 113 programs and 1,035 adults participating.

The Library System circulated 118,008 items to children, teens and adults in June and July, an increase of 9 percent from 2011.

Mary Cosper LeBoeuf is director of the Terrebonne Parish Library System. She can be reached at 876-5158.

<p>The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library are holding activities through the end of the year.</p><p>The first activity is a spelling bee scheduled for Saturday at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma.</p><p>Level one is for first- and second-graders and is set to begin at 9:30 am. Level two is for third- and fourth-graders and begins at 11 a.m. Level three, for fifth- and sixth-graders, will begin at 1 p.m. Level four is an open competition beginning at 2 p.m.</p><p>Medallions will be given to first-, second- and third-place winners.</p><p>The semi-annual trivia contest is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Main Library. Individual and team competitions will be held. The trivia questions are geared to teens and adults. </p><p>Medallions will be given to first-, second- and third-place winners of individual and team competitions.</p><p>An inventory-reduction book sale is scheduled for Oct. 27-28 at the Main Library. The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library have an overabundance of books and need to make room in the storage area. The sale is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 and from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 28. Books cost $3 a bag, so you pay $3 for a brown paper bag and fill the bag up to the top with items.</p><p>To end the year, the Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library will hold a choice book sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 1, and from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Main Library. The books on sale are in very good condition. </p><p>Teen Read Week</p><p>The Library System will celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 14-20. The week will include special events and programs aimed at encouraging teens to read. This year's theme is “It Came from the Library,” which dares teens to read for the fun of it. </p><p>Organizers say Teen Read Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun and encourage teens to take advantage of reading in all its forms — books and magazines, e-books, audiobooks and more — and become regular library users. </p><p>Here is a list of activities planned for the week:</p><p>- Zombie makeover night, 6 p.m. Oct. 17, Main Library.</p><p>- Pumpkin painting and carving workshop, 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Bourg Branch Library, 4405 St. Andrew St.</p><p>- Pumpkin painting workshop, 4 p.m. Oct. 16, Chauvin Branch Library, 5500 La. 56.</p><p>- Pumpkin painting and carving workshop, 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Dularge Branch Library, 837 Bayou Dularge Road.</p><p>- Teen poetry readings, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 16, East Houma Branch Library, 778 Grand Caillou Road.</p><p>- T-shirt decorating workshop, 4 p.m. Oct. 16, Gibson Branch Library, 6363 S. Bayou Black Drive.</p><p>- A variety of craft workshops, 4 p.m. Oct. 15-19, Grand Caillou Branch Library, 200 Badou Drive, Dulac. </p><p>Exhibit</p><p>“For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” a nationally touring exhibit from NEH on the Road is on display at the Main Library. Through a compelling assortment of photographs, television clips, art posters and historic artifacts, the exhibit traces how images and media disseminated to the American public transformed the modern Civil Rights movement and jolted Americans, both black and white, out of a state of denial or complacency. </p><p>The display explores dozens of compelling and persuasive visual images, including photographs from influential magazines such as LIFE, JET and EBONY; CBS news footage; and TV clips from “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Also included are civil rights-era objects that exemplify the range of negative and positive imagery — from Aunt Jemima syrup dispensers and 1930s produce advertisements to Jackie Robinson baseball ephemera and 1960s children's toys with African-American portraiture. “For All the World to See” is not a history of the Civil Rights movement, but rather an exploration of the vast number of potent images that influenced how Americans perceived race and the struggle for equality. </p><p>The exhibit can be viewed during the Main Library's regular hours: from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and from 2 to 6 p.m. Sundays.</p><p>For information about this exhibit, call 876-5861 option 4.</p><p>Reading Help</p><p>The Library System's website, www.mytpl.org, has three databases that can help your child improve his or her reading skills. Tumble Books, Tumble Talking Books and Tumble Readers are located under online catalogs on the Library System's web page. These three databases are collections of books from early readers to high school classics. Your child can read the books silently or have books read aloud. Many of the books are accelerated readers. These databases will help improve vocabulary, reading comprehension and reading speed.</p><p>Computer Classes</p><p>Computer classes for October at the Main Library include email and CD burning basics from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday; from the beginning from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday; introduction to photography from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18; from the beginning from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25; and Microsoft Word from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 30.</p><p>A class on email and CD burning basics is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, and a class on Microsoft Word 2012 is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the North Terrebonne Branch Library, 4130 W. Park Ave., Gray.</p><p>All classes are held in the computer labs with hands-on instruction. The classes are free and registration is not required. For information, call Bob Cornes at 876-5861, ext. 218.</p><p>Summer Reading</p><p>Organizers of the Terrebonne Parish Library System's summer reading program said it was a hit. In June and July, the Library System provided 201 activities for children with more than 6,060 in attendance. The activities included story times, arts and craft programs, and performances by professional entertainers. </p><p>Teens had 91 programs available with more than 510 teens in attendance.</p><p>Adults were not forgotten, with 113 programs and 1,035 adults participating.</p><p>The Library System circulated 118,008 items to children, teens and adults in June and July, an increase of 9 percent from 2011.</p><p>Mary Cosper LeBoeuf is director of the Terrebonne Parish Library System. She can be reached at 876-5158.</p>